Sun Manufacturing Co. v. Egbert & Guthrie

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

One E. L. Garvey seems to have invented a spring motor, known as the Garvey motor, on which he obtained a patent, and after assigning his rights under the patent to the appellees, Egbert & Guthrie, who resided at Gainesville, Texas, went to Greenfield, Ohio, seemingly in their interest, where he placed an order with appellant for the 'manufacture for them of five hundred Garvey motors at $11.50 each, to be shipped as follows: 100 on March 1, 1900, 150 April 1, 1900, and 250 May 1, 1900. The date of this contract was December 27, 1899. Three days later Garvey…